Grant Writing Web-based Resources

Federal Grant Funding Resources

• Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments: http://cfda.gov/
• Grants.gov: Follow this link to a federal site for finding and applying for grants: http://www.grants.gov/
• Health and Human Services Grant Net: Follow this link to find grant information for current and prospective federal Department of Health and Human Services grantees: http://www.hhs.gov/grantsnet/
• Federal Education Grants and Contracts:
  • Follow this link to the federal Department of Education's site on federal educational grants: http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml
  • Follow this link for information on the federal Department of Education's current grants: http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/grantapps/index.html

Private Grant Funding Resources

• American Federation of Teachers Tools for Teachers - Follow this link to the AFT's Web site with information about national funding opportunities: http://www.aft.org/tools4teachers/funding.htm
• Edutopia - Follow this link to find great grant resources from the George Lucas Educational Foundation: http://www.edutopia.org/
• Digital Wish Foundation - Digital Wish is a non-profit on a mission to solve technology shortfalls in classrooms. Teachers make technology wish lists, campaign for donations, swap lesson plans, and share in the community. For more info, go to: http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home
• Foundation Center - Follow this link to the Foundation Center for a search engine for finding private foundations that may want to fund your project: http://foundationcenter.org/
• Grantsmanship Center - Follow this link to the Grantsmanship Center for links to foundations and corporate giving programs: http://www.tgci.com/funding.shtml
• Guide Star - Follow this link to find nonprofits that may have funding opportunities: http://www.guidestar.org/
• Community Foundation of the Tri County Area - Click on this link for information on funding in the tri-county area of Windham, Tolland and New London Counties in Eastern Connecticut: http://www.tricountyfoundation.org/
• US National Funding Opportunities: Click on this link to go to a Web site created by SMART Technologies with links to a variety of grant fund sources around the country: http://education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Classroom+solutions/Get+SMART+in+your+classroom/Grants+Funds/Find+grants/US+National.htm

Resources for Writing Grants

• Grant Proposal Writing Tips: Follow this link sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to find helpful guidelines for writing grant proposals: http://www.cpb.org/grants/grantwriting.html.
• Grant Writing Sources and Tips: Follow this link sponsored by About.com: Secondary Education to find grant writing tips and resources that apply specifically to education: http://712educators.about.com/cs/grantwriting/a/grantwriting.htm
• Grant-writing Tips: Follow this link sponsored by SchoolGrants.org for help as you begin to write grant proposals: http://www.schoolgrants.org/grant_tips.htm
• Grant Writing Tips Sheets: Follow this link sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Resources for links to grant writing tips: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm.
• Nonprofit Fundraising and Grant Writing: Follow this link sponsored by Authenticity Consulting, LLC, to find a variety of links to resources for fundraising and grant writing: http://www.managementhelp.org/fndrsng/np_raise/np_raise.htm
• Non-Profit Guides: Follow this link sponsored by Seacoast Web Design for resources related to grant writing: http://www.npguides.org/. Included on this site are the following links to specific grant writing resources:
  • Grantmakers: http://www.npguides.org/links.htm#1
  • Grantseeking Resources: http://www.npguides.org/links.htm#2
  • Glossary of Grant Terms: http://www.npguides.org/links.htm#3
• Writing a Successful Grant Proposal: Follow this link sponsored by the Minnesota Council on Foundations for a tutorial on writing successful grant proposals: http://www.mcf.org/mcf/grant/writing.htm.